1.   Even more disturbing is the culling carried out to protect crops, for example in orchards in the Perth Hills.

2.   Nevertheless, to protect your crops they must at least be deterred.

3.   By the hundreds, they are being killed by frightened villagers and plantation workers protecting their crops.

4.   Citrus growers also use water to protect their crop.

5.   For many decades farmers in tropical rice growing regions have sought to protect their crops against leaf blight with pesticides, Toenniessen said.

6.   It is clear that much more work needs to be done to develop less toxic pesticides and to fine- tune the quantities needed to protect crops.

7.   Phillips said the Biotechnology Industry Organization would like to see a similar federal law intended to protect crops.

8.   Scientists have also been engineering Bt to protect crops such as cotton, potatoes and tobacco, according to testimony.

9.   Some banana growers protect their crops with pesticides, which can damage the ecosystem.

10.   The acquiring company said it would begin inserting into Holden foundation seed a Monsanto-produced gene that helps protect crops from the European corn borer.